Arafura Resources (ASX: ARU) (“Arafura” or “the Company”) is pleased to provide an update on recent progress on flowsheet piloting for its 100 per cent-owned Nolans NeodymiumPraseodymium (NdPr) project in the Northern Territory.

The Nolans pilot plant program is being completed in seven phases, with each phase typically run over several

Arafura Resources (ASX: ARU) (“Arafura” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce that mine planning work undertaken in advance of the Nolans Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) has established a mining inventory that could support in excess of thirty years’ of mining and processing at its 100 per cent-owned Nolans Neodymium-Praseodymium

Arafura Resources Ltd. (ASX:ARU) announced that it has reached an agreement to extend its December 2015 memorandum of understanding (MOU) with OCI Company Ltd.; the agreement is regarding the development of a rare earths separation plant in South Korea.

Arafura Resources (ASX: ARU) (“Arafura” or “the Company”) is pleased to advise that the second phase of flowsheet piloting for its 100 per cent-owned Nolans NeodymiumPraseodymium (“NdPr”) Project in the Northern Territory, which focused on the extraction of a saleable phosphoric acid by-product from NdPr-rich concentrate, has met with approval

Phase 1 test work completed for MRIWA Project M479 and results incorporated into the Large Scale Pilot Plant design
Phase 2 test work commenced under the terms of the MRIWA grant
Further optimisations sole funded by Lithium

Shareholders of Lithium Australia NL (ASX:LIT) and Lepidico Ltd (ASX: LPD) may be aware that the Board of Lepidico has recently chosen to make statements in public forums that seek to discredit Lithium Australia’s Sileach™ technology. A separate letter is being sent to Lepidico’s lawyers.

Sileach™ – a universal process for the recovery of metals from silicates – has been developed by Lithium Australia (ASX:LIT) with the assistance of Australian federal government grants, a Western Australian government grant, and the technical assistance of ANSTO Minerals (“ANSTO” a Division of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology

Arafura Resources (ASX:ARU) has announced the final outcomes of comprehensive work programs regarding its Nolans rare earths project in Australia’s Northern Territory.

As quoted in the press release:
As foreshadowed in previous ASX announcements, these programs have identified many improvements to the existing project structure that will deliver a more competitive and

Friday May 20th the first annual European Rare Earth Roundtable, hosted by Adamas Intelligence and the Technology, Rare and Electronic Materials Center. Following the event, the Investing News Network reached out to Ryan Castilloux of Adamas Intelligence to get some updated insight into the market.